{"id":15909,"date":"2023-12-21T12:54:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:54:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/15909\/tommy-devito-on-pizzeria-flap\/"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:54:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T09:54:54","slug":"tommy-devito-on-pizzeria-flap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/?p=15909","title":{"rendered":"Tommy DeVito on pizzeria flap &#8211; some &#8216;stuff slipped through the cracks&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy DeVito on pizzeria flap &#8211; some &#8216;stuff slipped through the cracks&#8217;\u060c<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><\/div>\n<p>Jordan Raanan, ESPN editor<span class=\"timestamp \">December 20, 2023, 9:39 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author-overlay\">Close<\/p>\n<ul>Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN.  Raanan covers the New York Giants.  You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan.<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ \u2014 New York Giants quarterback Tommy DeVito admitted some things have &#8220;slipped through the cracks&#8221; and recently hired a new marketing team to make sure it doesn&#39;t happen again in the future.<\/p>\n<p>DeVito hired Maxx Lepselter and Maxx MGMT to handle its marketing several weeks ago.  He didn&#39;t fire agent Sean Stellato, who became an Internet sensation a few weeks ago with his outfit for &#8220;Monday Night <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/football\/\"   title=\"Football\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">Football<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That&#39;s not the case. Sean is my contract agent. That&#39;s what he is,&#8221; DeVito said.  \u201cAnd I now have a marketing team to handle all the other things.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#39;s Choice<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Tommy-DeVito-on-pizzeria-flap-some-stuff-slipped-through.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/1703152493_489_Tommy-DeVito-on-pizzeria-flap-some-stuff-slipped-through.jpg&#038;w=130&#038;h=130&#038;scale=crop&#038;location=center.jpeg\" width=\"65\" height=\"65\"\/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>1 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>This was all in the works before a local pizzeria, Coniglio&#39;s Old Fashioned in Morristown, claimed in an Instagram post that DeVito&#39;s agent increased appearance fees from $10,000 to $20,000 after a come-from-behind victory last Monday against the Green Bay Packers.  Lepselter and Stellato sat with DeVito&#39;s family during that victory.<\/p>\n<p>But DeVito fixed the problem by showing up at Coniglio&#39;s house on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cObviously there\u2019s always a million things going on,\u201d he said.  &#8220;Some things fell through the cracks. As soon as I found out about it, through my phone, I&#39;m sure some of you did on ESPN, and I was like, &#39;What the hell? -what it is ?&#39;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I made a few calls to my team and to Tom [Coniglio] and I fixed the problem and wanted to go.  I found out about it on Monday and said maybe I would go there the next day.  I went there on Tuesday.  Over there [we had] &#8220;<\/p>\n<p>This is only a concern because of the DeVito craze.  The undrafted rookie, a local legend who grew up in New Jersey and calls home, won three of his first four starts before Sunday&#39;s loss at New Orleans.  He quickly became famous in the region thanks to the way he played (seven touchdown passes to one interception in five starts), as well as his local roots and Italian heritage.<\/p>\n<p>It always starts with football.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don&#39;t handle any discussions until everything is finalized with the contract in front of my face, and then I sign it,\u201d DeVito said.  &#8220;It&#39;s the only time I like to know what&#39;s going on because it&#39;s their job to figure it out and do all this because I&#39;m here to do this. And my family knows it, my agent knows it, my marketing team, everyone. I know that. That&#39;s part of why I live at home too, so they can handle all of this and I don&#39;t have to worry about anything else than being here in the building.<\/p>\n<p>Even though DeVito has been in the spotlight for years as the starting quarterback at New Jersey powerhouse Don Bosco Prep, in <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/wikidollar.net\/tag\/college\/\"   title=\"college\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\">college<\/a> (at Syracuse and Illinois) and now with the Giants, that type of attention is at the upper level.  He knows he must be extra careful.<\/p>\n<p>Wanting to correct the misunderstanding was important to DeVito.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt obviously got blown out of proportion,\u201d veteran offensive lineman Justin Pugh said.  \u201cBut even with that, Tommy did the right thing, he went there, met the family and shook their hand.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeVito seems to understand that this is the price of fame.  \u201cEverything you do is put under a microscope, times 100 or more now,\u201d DeVito said.  &#8220;Everything that happens will be in some sort of article somewhere like how this happened. I&#39;m sure if this had happened a month ago it probably wouldn&#39;t have happened like this s It happened. But it did. So, I got cleaned up. .Keep being yourself, though.<\/p>\n<p>That means focusing on football.  DeVito and the Giants (5-9) face the Eagles (10-4) on Christmas Day in Philadelphia.  That comes with enough challenges.<\/p>\n<p>DeVito said he expects a \u201chostile environment.\u201d  He looks forward to it.<\/p>\n<p>For what?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fun,\u201d he said.  &#8220;It&#39;s part of the game. I like hostile crowds.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>There are sure to be lots of holiday greetings from the city of Philadelphia.  He will have a message in return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll say Merry Christmas right back,\u201d DeVito said.  &#8220;That&#39;s it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy DeVito on pizzeria flap &#8211; some &#8216;stuff slipped through the cracks&#8217;\u060c Jordan Raanan, ESPN editorDecember 20, 2023, 9:39 p.m. Close Jordan Raanan is a reporter for NFL Nation at ESPN. Raanan covers the New York Giants. You can follow him via Twitter @JordanRaanan. 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